If you prefer to use a markdown editor in your writing projects, then you will probably want to take a break and see what Mark Text has to offer. This simple piece of software can satisfy the needs of numerous markdown users and the best part is that it keeps everything simple. From plain text to attractive documents or web pages, this simple application can be quite useful in numerous situations.

Mark Text is free and open source and it is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Downloading and installing the software shouldn't take more than a minute and there are no complicated settings to be made along the way. Also, you don't have to install any kind of prerequisite tools or services.

Apart from the top menus, there is nothing on the user interface that should distract you. At a first glance, Mark Text looks and feels just like Notepad, but there is much you can discover in terms of functionality. The first things you will notice is that you can enable a dark theme, if you want to avoid eye strain, and you can also switch between different view modes. For example, you can enable a "typewriter" mode, which scrolls the text automatically, depending on where you place the text cursor. Additionally, you can enable a "focus" mode, to highlight the paragraph you are working on.

Another useful mode is the source code view. You can use various hotkeys or special characters to change the styling of your font, insert images or links and other elements. Once inserted, they will be displayed as if they actually belong there, without being accompanied by the special characters or commands you insert. However, if you want to see them, the source code view mode is what you need to use.

There is a wide range of useful and interesting features to find in Mark Text, which is why you may want to spend some time with its documentation, because most of them are not made obvious from the beginning. You can use this one tool for writing simple text or anything up to writing code for your other projects.

Regardless of what project you are working on, if it involves writing, Mark Text will make everything much smoother for you.

Pros:The software is quite comfortable to use. It looks simple, but it hides a wide range of useful features. Its three different view modes can make your work much easier.